Maternal seafood consumption and infant birth weight, length and head circumference in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 436-444

  Brantsæter, Anne Lise ^a   Birgisdottir, Bryndis Eva ^a   Meltzer, Helle Margrete ^a   Kvalem, Helen Engelstad ^a   Alexander, Jan ^a   Magnus, Per ^a   Haugen, Margareta ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Birth length; Birth weight; FFQ; Head circumference; Maternal seafood consumption

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NORWAY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; REVIEW; SEA FOOD; SHELLFISH;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY SIZE; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SEAFOOD; SHELLFISH;

EID: 84856291539     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114511003047     Document Type: Review

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